Monday, January 16, 2006

PUMPKIN APPLE BREAD

Spiced bread have always been a thing I liked, so when I stumbled upon Adam's (The Amateur Gourmet from New York City) recipe, last october, I found that t would be a good afternoon tea treat!

As a matter of fact, it was hyper delicious, spongy and tasted heavenly! Pumpkin is a very interesting ingredient that adds a lot of flavor and colour to breads and cakes. While baking, your kitchen will be overwhelmed by a gorgeous smell of spices! And apart from being very yummylicious, it is also very easy to prepare; no fussing around...

So, I'm very thankful to Adam from "The Amateur Gourmet" for having shared this recipe with us and for giving us moments of pure bliss!!!

Method:MAKE THE TOPPING:1. Blend together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and butter in a small bowl with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.MAKE THE BREAD:1. Put a rack in the middle of oven and preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).2. Butter two 22 X 11 cm loaf pans.3. Sift together flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice into a medium bowl.4. Whisk together pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs in a large bowl.5. Add flour mixture, stirring until well combined.6. Fold in apples.7. Divide batter between buttered loaf pans.8. Sprinkle half of topping evenly over each loaf.9. Bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted in center of bread comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.10. Cool loaves in pans on a rack for 45 minutes, then turn out onto rack and cool completely, about 1 hour.

Remarks:If you don't have any homemade pumpkin puree, then you can use a bought can.